Top Angus brings $75,000 at Denver sale

Angus enthusiasts consigned 27 lots to the 2009 National Western Angus bull sale Jan. 15 in Denver, Colo. The annual sale, which is the only sale managed by the American Angus Association, averaged $9,159.

Top seller

Werner War Party 2417 was the high-selling lot in the sale. Werner Angus, Cordova, Ill., consigned the September 2007 son of Connealy Onward that also won early fall bull calf champion. Kiamichi Link Ranch, Tulsa, Okla., and 44 Farms, Houston, Texas, purchased the bull for $75,000.